I’m obsessed with this xkcd because it eloquently explains something I’ve been trying to explain to my techs (I’m a director of IT) and my more techy friends.

Its not that most people like the ads (although personalized ads are really nice), it’s that most people legitimately don’t give a shit. Nobody really cares that PC gaming is “better”, or Linux is “better”, or building your own PC is “better” except the turbo nerds like us (and yes, im including you kind reader as you are on Lemmy)

The only feature I would care about with nitro is using emojis everywhere but that feature isn’t worth any amount of money let alone whatever discord is charging for it

Fun fact, you can build your own car too!

Ah yes, my career shields me from all horrors on this earth

do you have a source for this

Literally any analytics module will do this. Basically every major website you go to will do something similar.

most people

I think you’re missing the part where he’s hyped up on meth and adrenaline. I’ve seen people take multiple gunshots in that condition before going down.

Well yeah duh windows and Linux use the same resources. I don’t put more memory in my computer when I boot into Linux…

Do you take it to the shop for oil changes then? I check my dipstick every time?

Its an MMO, so no

See, useful source. Also notice how it isn’t a random social media post.

There are two reasons people complain about Nvidia drivers on Linux. The first is because they are proprietary, which doesn’t matter for anyone except turbo nerds.

But Nvidia drivers used to be pretty bad on Linux. But I genuinely don’t think I’ve had a driver crash since I installed my 2070 back in like 2019. I’ve upgraded to a 3080ti and I still haven’t had any issues. I have a 4k/120hz HDR monitor and don’t have any issues with that either.

This is some crazy good advice. In the software dev/IT fields I preach about premature optimization to my reports all the time.

You can’t optimize something that doesn’t exist. Figure out exactly what you want to build (so you want video streaming mostly it sounds like, then you can figure out how to build it (probably either a NAS or just a tower with a bunch of drives in it. And then Plex/Jellyfin). Then, after you build it, you can use it.

You’ll only find things to fix/make better by actually using it. Focus on getting the thing done, then you can optimize.

1. IBM still manufactures new mainframe computers and they will actually support your ancient mainframe from 1962 (assuming you’re still paying your licensing haha)

2. the vast majority of Windows 7 and older computers that are still in production are attached to specialized hardware or industrial equipment. Stuff that costs many hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.

3. emulating older OSes doesn’t really solve the problem at all because the actual concern is security, not hardware issues.

4. emulation isn’t perfect, especially with passthrough. Especially when you’re trying to pass through an ancient connector through a virtual adapter (show me a modern computer with SCSI)

I could keep going but that’s all I have enough care to do right now

And a lot of people are actually stuck because the Windows XP/7 machine is attached to industrial equipment that costs an unbelievable amount of money or is just impossible to replace.

Windows 8 removed the start button, 8.1 brought back most all of the “legacy” UI features (which still persist today).

But this article is talking about people running Windows 7 today, so comparing current actions through a modern lens is entirely valid

As iconic as that line is, it’s always confused me. It was super obvious to me that he was dead/dying in that scene

Amazon has a patent on the “one click purchase” button…

Nah the Quest 3 (and I’d argue still the 2) is easily the best headset on the market right now.

Nothing else comes close to the features, quality, and most importantly the price.

You can hate meta and Facebook and the zucc all you want but they are doing legitimate really really cool things with VR

It would be $616,946.77 in today’s money.